About four months ago we were presented with a dilemma when many of our families lost bus service. By the grace of God and generosity of so many along the way, I am proud to announce that St Michael Bus 1 will be in service tomorrow! Special thank you to Dusty and Jackie Fussnecker once again for purchasing the bus and making sure everything was up to code. Thanks to all the employees at Fussnecker and Sons who helped along the way and thanks to The Home Place in Georgetown who will serve as our bus stop.
This bus will be used for any SMS family who does not currently receive bus service from their public district. It will also be used for local field trips. I will see our SMS 1 bus riders tomorrow between 7 and 710 at The Home Place tomorrow morning!
Renewal forms will come home this week with registration forms. Registration for the 24-25 school year opens February 1st.
Monday Chess Club is canceled next week, with our short week before the Christmas Break. We will resume normal schedule when we return to school.
Polar Express Day at SMS!
News about the SMS Stock Market Team.
https://www.stmichaelripley.com/article/1372518
Christmas Week at SMS!
We have just completed our stock market simulator for the Math Enrichment Group 7-8 grade and Griffin Ernst ended up on top our class finishing 14th overall out of all of the middle school students in the program. All of our students did well. In fact, they all finished in the top 60 of 120 + middle school stock market programs in south-western ohio (including schools like Mason High School and Sycamore who are DI schools). It is a great life lesson on how to invest your money and save for retirement.
P-2 Field Trip. Watch for a permission slip tonight!
https://www.stmichaelripley.com/article/1367356
Headed to "The Nutcracker" with my friends!
Click the link for information about the SMS Spelling Bee
https://www.stmichaelripley.com/article/1364687
Please click the link to read about the SMS Christmas Musical and rehearsal.
https://www.stmichaelripley.com/article/1358038
Due to the probability of rainy weather tomorrow, we will postpone the Blessing of Pets until the spring.
Good afternoon! This message is in regards to lunch at school this week. On Monday, we will have our annual Thanksgiving Dinner, where all of our students and staff gather in the Hall to eat together. This is free of charge for all of our students.
On Tuesday, one of our awesome parents is purchasing pizza for the whole school! Please don't forget we will dismiss at 12:30 on Tuesday!
Very important folder coming home today. Please remember each family is responsible for selling AT LEAST 10 tickets! Please click the link below:
https://www.stmichaelripley.com/article/1342897
There will be no chess club next week due to our shortened week for Thanksgiving. We will start back the following Monday.
I've had some parents asking for help with ACE on their end. This is what I received from them this afternoon.
Good afternoon! We had a great time visiting with our grandparents this morning! Tomorrow we will have mass beginning at 8:15. We will have staff in the church helping grandparents to their assigned pews. Students will first report to homeroom and then come to the church to be seated with their grandparents at 8:05.
Due to the use of the Hall for Grandparent's Day, lunch will be served in classrooms tomorrow.
During the month of November, the Catholic Church devoutly prays for the faithful departed. We honored this devotion at SMS by visiting the Old Ripley Cemetery today, with first-eighth graders. We were blessed with beautiful weather and great conversation. Some discussions were centered around the Revolutionary War because three veterans are buried in the historical graveyard. It was great to spend our morning with our beloved veterans of the community and continue this lesson throughout the school day. Ask your students about their day, it was packed with adventures in learning!
